Consciousness Studies at One Spirit

The Message of the Mystic Heart Series:
InterSpirituality for the 21st Century
With Kurt Johnson, Ph.D.
OSIS Credit 2.0 available only for the full series.

This exciting series of workshops focuses on teachings and philosophy of the man who coined the word “InterSpiritual,” the late Brother Wayne Teasdale. Led by Dr. Kurt Johnson, close associate and friend of Teasdale himself, this series offers seeker and scholar alike the rare opportunity to explore this modern mystic's ground-breaking work in trans-traditional spirituality and awakened awareness as presented in The Mystic Heart: Discovering a Universal Spirituality in the World’s Religions and other seminal works.

It is recommended that Loch Kelly’s Awakened Awareness Series, and One Spirit Learning Alliance’s course in Integral Spirituality be taken in follow-up to this series.

PLEASE NOTE : THE NOVEMBER 9th MEETING OF WORKSHOP 1 HAS BEEN RESCHEDULED TO NOVEMBER 22nd.
PLEASE NOTE : THE NOVEMBER 10th MEETING OF WORKSHOP 2 HAS BEEN RESCHEDULED DATE TBD

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The Message of the Mystic Heart Series can be taken in any order. Workshops 1, 2 & 3 do not need to be taken sequentially.

Workshop 1:
The Global Implications of an Integral View
Choose one: Sunday, September 14 --or-- Saturday, November 22
1:00 pm to 6:00 pm

PLEASE NOTE : THE NOVEMBER 9th MEETING OF WORKSHOP 1
HAS BEEN RESCHEDULED TO NOVEMBER 22nd.

This module distinguishes "religion," "spirituality" and "awakened awareness," and illuminates the latter with an awakened heart as integral to engaging today’s world religions in world global transformation. Also drawing from the Heart Sutra’s message of skillful service, Dr. Kurt Johnson presents Brother Wayne Teasdale's vision of world transformation: his “two-pronged approach” and his “omega vision.” This module also provides students a detailed introduction to the “skillful means map” of the world’s Integral visionaries and thinkers, concentrating particularly on a succinct overview of Ken Wilber’s Integral Vision.

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PLEASE NOTE : THE NOVEMBER 10th MEETING OF WORKSHOP 2
HAS BEEN RESCHEDULED DATE TBD
Workshop 2 :
Awakening Awareness
and the Shift in World Consciousness
Choose one : Monday, October 6 --or-- Monday, November 10 --or-- Monday, December 8
Time: 7:00 pm to 9:30 pm

One Series, Many Options...
The Workshops in this Series are structured to be taken together, in any order, but students may elect to choose individual workshops.

Distance Learning via podcast mp3 is available for all workshops in this series;
any missed classes can be downloaded
for no additional charge.

Entire Series: save $15
$165 General Public
$150 OSLA Student & Alumni

Or pick what intersts you a la carte:

5 hour Daytime Workshops:
$75 each, General Public
$70 each, OSLA Student & Alumni

2 and a half hour Nightime Workshops:
$30 each Public
$25 each OSLA Students & Alumni

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This short informational and discussion-based overview explores the essential works of Brother Wayne Teasdale including his classics The Mystic Heart, Monk in the World, and The InterSpirituality of Bede Griffiths, about the pioneer Christian/Hindu Advaitic master Bede Griffiths (and Brother Wayne’s mentor). The Integral Vision of writers like Ken Wilber and Don Beck will be discussed to help students translate the vision of Brother Wayne from intention to actuality.

Workshop 3 :
The Common Core of Human Wisdom and the Care of the Earth
Choose one : Saturday, October 18 --or-- Sunday, November 30
1:00 pm to 6:00 pm

This informational and discussion-based module extends the vision of world change in Brother Wayne Teasdale’s classic The Mystic Heart to the arena of science and stewardship of the Earth.

In the context of One Spirit’s work with wiserearth.org and other vehicles of world change, this course provides the context from the world’s religions and spiritual traditions for “Earth-Care” and recognition of today’s global environmental challenges, drawing from:
• The work of Brother Wayne Teasdale
• A recent series produced by Harvard University on this subject
• The comprehensive view of world shift and environmental concerns articulated by Paul Hawken in his bestseller Blessed Unrest (2007) and subsequent WiserEarth online community

Dr. Johnson further draws from his participation in the Humanist Institute’s ecohumanism work, the American Association for the Advancement of Science’s “Dialogue of Science, Ethics and Religion” and provides a succinct overview of today’s environmental challenges in the context of the modern Integral thinkers, particularly the Integral theory and Integral ecology of Ken Wilber.

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PLEASE NOTE : THE NOVEMBER 9th MEETING OF WORKSHOP 1 HAS BEEN RESCHEDULED TO NOVEMBER 22nd.
PLEASE NOTE : THE NOVEMBER 10th MEETING OF WORKSHOP 2 HAS BEEN RESCHEDULED DATE TBD